NGC 5513
NGC 5513
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Lenticular
type · S0
233 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
137k ly
across
13.8
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 233 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 5513 as it looked roughly 233 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 984Barred spiral10 million ly
apartNGC 5518Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1006Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5559Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 5518Elliptical11 million ly
apartNGC 5490Elliptical12 million ly
apartIC 1006Barred spiral18 million ly
apartNGC 5548Lenticular20 million ly
apartNGC 5559Barred spiral20 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).